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RUBBER SHOE. No. 351,305. Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM H. AMOS, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IO LEROY R.

FRAXK, OF SAME PLACE.

RUBBER SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,305, dated October 19, 1886.

Application filed April l6, 188G.

T aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLLUI H. Amos, a citizen of the United States,residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Retaining Devices for Rubber Overshoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in devices for retaining rubber overshocs upon the shoe and preventing the heel from slipping down. IIeretoforc this has been sought to be accomplished by lining the entire interior of the heel of the overshoe with a layer of vulcanized rubber. This construction is objectionable, because the frictional rubber lining becomes filled with dust, dirt-and blacking, thereby losing its retentive property,and also not only removes the gloss, finish, and blacking from the shoe, but also wears the leather.

The objects of my invention are to accomplish the result attempted by the construction referred to, and to avoid the objections to such construction.

My invention consists in the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing, as here inafter described and claimed.

The accompanying drawing represents, in

Serial No. 199,104. (No model perspective, a portion of a rubber overshoe embodying my inventionj Upon the inner upper surface of the heel of the overshoe A is a narrow band or strip of rubber, B, all other parts of the interior being lined with the soft fabric in common use. The strip 13 may have a plain or roughened face, and its length and breadth will depend upon the style, size, and class of overshoe. This strip bears upon the softer part of the shoe above the counter, and, while it yields to the movements of the shoe, retains the heel of the overshoe from slipping down, and does not wear the shoe above the counter, nor become filled with dirt and blacking.

I claim- In combination with a rubber overshoc, a corrugated strip of rubber attached at the illner upper face of the heel, substantially as shown, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of March, A. D. 1886.

WILLIAM H. AMOS.

Vitnesses;

. O. P. HUMPHREY,

E. V. STUART. 

